Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of more than 16000 heart transplantations performed since the first human to human operation in 1967 , over 1700 patients survived more than 5 years after surgery . |
| 2 | An initial phase of discrimination training will establish a tendency to make certain ( different ) responses to the critical stimuli , but the change in the nature of the task for the second phase should mean that the specific response patterns acquired in the first phase will be irrelevant . |
| 3 | He estimated that 25% of subject searches and 18% of author/title searches failed at the first attempt . |
| 4 | Compared with the compensation payments introduced during the first stage of price liberalization , these went up from 750 lei to 2,100 lei per month for workers , and from 400 lei to 1,470 lei for pensioners , while there were also increases in child benefits , maternity benefits and student grants . |
| 5 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
| 6 | The oral papillae appear to be arranged in two series : a superficial series edging the side of the jaw and a series within the mouth slit which might be oral tentacle scales associated with the first and second oral tentacle pores . |
| 7 | France 's total wine exports declined for the first time in a decade last year . |
| 8 | After falling throughout 1989 , commodity prices rallied in the first part of 1990 . |
| 9 | The lecture modules selected in the first term by individual students determine the ‘ flavour ’ of the degree course to be followed , and may indeed determine its title . |
| 10 | Dress is the correct riding clothes described in the first part of the series . |
| 11 | the subject areas omitted in the first place ; |
| 12 | General Jaruzelski bears no obvious resemblance to the Third World autocrats discussed in the first two books . |
| 13 | In addition to the established risk factors included in the first Whitehall study , the second study has documented differences by grade of employment in work characteristics , social support , and health related behaviours . |
| 14 | Given that this calculation mainly consists of system savings foregone in the first year of Sizewell 's operation , less capital charges saved , the £60 million figure seems surprisingly high , given the limited value of system savings in the first year of operation . |
| 15 | In October , the Council hosted METROPIA XVI , a Euro-wide event for senior school pupils held for the first time in the UK |
| 16 | Wind power advocates have expressed concern that its potential has been neglected in the initial list of renewable energy projects covered by the first Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation . |
| 17 | The second sentence constitutes part of the setting along with the time elements established in the first sentence . |
| 18 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 19 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 20 | The external assessors would have responsibility for reporting their opinion of whether a board of directors had fulfilled for stewardship responsibilities outlined in the first proposal listed here . |
| 21 | formula , and substituting for Nl the total of unique ( initials/date of birth/sex ) identity codes generated by the first prevalence study for each of the four townships , for N2 the 15 individuals nominated for each township during the snowball sampling ( that is , excluding the zero stage ) , and for X the number of identity codes occurring in both samples , we arrive at a total user population of 814 for these townships during the prevalence period . |
| 22 | In addition , how are cold weather benefits assessed in the first place ? |